Parrot and Olivier in America
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Parrot and Olivier in America is a novel
by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was on the shortlist of six books for the 2010 Man Booker Prize
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Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was on the shortlist of six books for the 2010 Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
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